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Anatolian plateau in winter from air. The Anatolian plateau (Turkish: Anadolu Platosu) is a plateau that occupies most of Turkey's surface area. [1] [2] The elevation of the plateau ranges from 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the west to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). [citation needed] Mount Erciyes near Kayseri, is the highest elevation at 3,917 metres ...
The Anatolian sub-plate [1] [2] is a continental tectonic plate that is separated from the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate by the North Anatolian Fault and the East Anatolian Fault respectively. Most of the country of Turkey is located on the Anatolian plate. [ 3 ]
For many years there was some confusion about the name and the exact location of this site. The first scholar who visited Usakli in 1926 was the Hittitologist Emil Forrer, and he referred to it as "Kusachakly", based on some old maps. [5] In 1928, it was de:Hans Henning von der Osten who visited the site, and he referred to it as 'Küchük ...
Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits and the Sea of Marmara to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
It is a flat plain (a height of 900–1050 m) that covers the majority of Konya Basin and constitutes the main part of the Central Anatolian Plateau. The plain is one of the driest areas in Turkey. [citation needed] To alleviate it, a major irrigational Konya Plain Project was launched in 2012.
To the west is the Anatolian plateau, which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian highlands to the east of Cappadocia. The Caucasus extends to the northeast of the Armenian highlands, with the Kura river forming its eastern boundary in the Kura-Aras lowlands.
Map of earthquakes in Turkey 1900–2023. The geology of Turkey is the product of a wide variety of tectonic processes that have shaped Anatolia over millions of years, a process which continues today as evidenced by frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Topographic map of Turkey
Kerkenes (or Kerkenes Dağı; both names are modern) is the largest pre-Hellenistic site from the Anatolian Plateau – 7 km (4 mi) of strong stone defenses, pierced by seven gates, that enclose 2.5 km 2 (1.0 sq mi).